The two sides of Georgia's heated gubernatorial race appeared on stage together for their first debate Tuesday and familiar themes were on hand for the candidates, except a fire alarm about 5 minutes into the program.

Speaking at a meet and greet, Booker said Abrams inspires him "like no one else ever has". "It's about being told it is going to be hard to cast a ballot".

Ms. Abrams's campaign, in a statement Monday, said her actions in 1992 were part of a "permitted, peaceful protest against the Confederate emblem in the flag" and part of a movement that was ultimately successful in changing the flag. It had been added back to the flag, and placed prominently, in 1956 during the civil rights era.

Abrams' role in that flag-burning protest resurfaced in The New York Times on Monday, the eve of her first debate against Republican Brian Kemp. "And 10 years later, my opponent, Brian Kemp, actually voted to remove that symbol".

Kemp's campaign refused to comment on the comments or audio recording when questioned by Rolling Stone.

Abrams touted what she called a "bipartisan plan" to cover half a million people in the state. "She's too extreme for Georgia".

Booker is New Jersey's first African-American U.S. senator.

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Abrams has leveraged media coverage of the list and accused Kemp of actively suppressing minority votes.

While she normally votes on Election Day, Abrams says it was important to vote early this time given the focus on it this year.

In fact, she did not. "It is comprised of those who are documented and undocumented".

The race is being watched as a barometer for Democrats' success in the midterm elections, as they try to make gains in Congress and in important state positions to counter President Donald Trump's agenda.

Election cycles can be exhausting. Some of the A-listers who showed out to supportAbrams included Will Packer, Chris "Ludacris" Bridges, Chris Tucker, Tiffany Haddish, Kelly Rowland, Marlon Wayans, LaToya Luckett, Marsai Martin and Tyrese Gibson, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

Kemp has promised a tax cut, a teacher pay raise (financed by some sort of spending cap), and anti-gang measures, but spent most of the debate as he's spent most of the campaign-attacking Abrams as an "extremist" who wants to raise taxes and let undocumented immigrants vote and receive government benefits. "It's a bipartisan proven solution that even Gov. Mike Pence did in the state of in".

"I'm so bullish on Medicaid expansion because I know it works", Abrams said.

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In total, between 1980 and 2015, 4,444 people alleged incidents of child sexual abuse across more than 1,000 institutions. The Opposition Leader Bill Shorten told the gathering "our nation let you down".

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